Hat tip to the central planners.
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| WHY didn't they go in? Chilling first image emerges from inside Texas school showing cops with rifles and ballistic shields in corridor 19 minutes after gunman entered - but they waited another FIFTY-EIGHT MINUTES to storm classroom |
| 2022-06-21 |
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Related: Uvalde: 2022-06-17 No White Flag on Red Flag Laws Uvalde: 2022-06-15 Poll: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Leads Democrat Beto O'Rourke by 19 Points Uvalde: 2022-06-14 Uvalde covers up records on top cop Pete Arredondo who led the bungled police response to the school shooter Related: Salvador Ramos: 2022-06-01 Cleanup on Aisle 7: WH forced to clarify Biden remarks, says he won't back handgun sale ban Salvador Ramos: 2022-05-30 Biden hosts a photo op in Uvalde, but not before he disinvites Border Patrol agents who responded to the massacre Salvador Ramos: 2022-05-29 Models show off firearms tucked into their UNDERWEAR during concealed carry fashion show at NRA convention in Houston - just days after 19 kids and two teachers were killed in school shooting |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #20 Texas official: Uvalde shooter driven by social media fame, 'abhorrent behavior' went unchecked for months |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-21 17:55 |
| #19 More fallout from the Consolidation of School Districts in the 1950's. Great comment, B. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2022-06-21 15:46 |
| #18 “There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said. Except a sense of shame, ethics, and honesty. Something really stinks in that town. I understand they have quite a budget. Perhaps a financial audit? And this SWAT team which was a no show - if the promo pic was correct, it was the most Diverse cast I"ve seen since that last Independence Day movie. Some AA hires slowing the team down, or just more bullshit? And the (retired?) FBI agent associated with the shooter? Retired Fed got something in common with a gay teen? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-06-21 14:54 |
| #17 There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office See: Marion Barry. Alcee Hastings. And maybe soon, Corinne Brown. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-21 14:18 |
| #16 “There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said. Except a sense of shame, ethics, and honesty. Something really stinks in that town. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-21 14:17 |
| #15 Quick search: When told that the Texas Department of Public Safety said he was not cooperating, Arredondo said, “I’ve been on the phone with them every day.” But in a statement released before that interview, the Texas Department of Public Safety said, “The chief of the Uvalde [School District] police provided an initial interview but has not responded to a request for a follow-up interview with the Texas Rangers that was made two days ago.” Yesterday, Arredondo was sworn in as a newly elected member of the City Council. The ceremony was not open to the public. "Uvalde City Council members were sworn in today as per the city charter," Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement. "Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning to bury their children in the next few days, no ceremony was held." But some criticized that Arredondo was sworn in at all. “Rewarding failure,” one person on Twitter wrote. “During a week where the words accountability and transparency have been all over the news and on people’s mouths, Uvalde City Council holding a secret ceremony is quite something,” Texas-based NPR reporter Sergio Martínez-Beltrán wrote. McLaughlin said there was nothing preventing him from taking his new position. “There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-21 14:16 |
| #14 Speaking of elections, when are the elections coming up in Uvalde? If the mayor and the entire city council are re-elected, there is something wrong with the people of Uvalde. If the police chief is an elected position, same thing (I don't know if police chiefs are elected or appointed there.Sheriffs are usually elected.) |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-06-21 14:00 |
| #13 Texas official: Uvalde classroom door unlocked during shooting as officers waited for keys: 'Abject failure' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-21 13:57 |
| #12 ^ Yes. If the perp is anything other than a middle aged white guy with MAGA tattoos, the cries of "police murdered a brown person" will be instant and shrill. In this case, it was a brown cross-dresser and the only reason the cops aren't getting Chauvin-ized is that so many school kids died and it's election year anti-gun scaremongering time. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-21 13:11 |
| #11 Lots of fault going around it seems, poor leadership (ignorance and cowardice?), failure to understand the lessons of prior shootings and the need for aggressive, dynamic entry, multi-agency confusion, the list goes on and on. But the one question I have from a macro perspective is the impact of years of seeing LE found personally liable when their agencies failed to defend them. You make a mistake being aggressive, and you lose everything, pension, job, even your personal freedom. George Floyd, Freddie Grey, Michae Brown, the list goes on ad nauseam. We have moved from immunity whenthe officer has the best intent and acts on it, to liability when a race hustler like Benjamin Crump takes the case and your agency folds up on you. When you doubt your agency has your back, you doubt the wisdom of making decision and punt upwards. What you tend to get eventually get are the SFPD drones who take reports and avoid any pursuit actions. LE is becomming less a great career than a lifetime course in minefield avoidance for a great pension. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-06-21 13:02 |
| #10 Mother-may-I syndrome. Often an effect of micro-management by those 'in charge'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-06-21 11:52 |
| #9 ^^ good point |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-06-21 11:50 |
| #8 Cops always like to say, "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about." Cops also like to point to "lawyering up" as a tacit admission of guilt. So what are they saying with their post event stances here? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-21 11:20 |
| #7 I was wrong. It looked like a closed scene because everyone was walking about and standing around looking. Gets worse every day. Stuff like suits to prevent body camera release, that the chief is an AA hire, or worse waiting for instructions from a political officer, not trying an alleged suite door. Still the shooter's fault, and anything but a mentally addled LGB connection is allowed, but damn man. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-06-21 11:14 |
| #6 ^ Actually, be a health care professional volunteering at any accident scene and watch the ambulance chasers circle overhead... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-21 09:49 |
| #5 But be a doctor or nurse and pass up a car wreck and there will be consequences. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-06-21 09:45 |
| #4 Hard to push an anti-gun narrative if you let the police do their job. Of course, in most cases, there is no legal obligation for the police to protect anyone. Dial 9-1-1 and Die. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-06-21 08:30 |
| #3 Hat tip to the central planners. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-06-21 08:27 |
| #2 Stop. Putting. Fish. In. Barrels. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-21 07:51 |
| #1 Just like Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Parkland Police more concerned about getting hurt than protecting children |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-06-21 07:44 |